Digital Cameras for Kids

Do you have an inspiring young photographer running around your house? With the ever changing technology, older digital cameras standards have become very affordable. There is now a growing market for digital camera for kids. There are many makes and models that cater to kids with bright colors, durable bodies, and ease of use. Digital cameras for kids are made to be easy to operate and well constructed. Here are some of the better digital cameras for kids as well as some features to look for when buying one.

Fisher Price Kid Tough Digital Camera. The binocular viewpiece makes it easy for small ones to take pictures since they can use both of their eyes to find their subject. The camera has two handle grips. You can buy an SD memory card to hold more pictures. Internal memory is 8MB which allows for up to 50 pictures. 640 X 480 resolution, best works 4 X 6 prints. The price is a little steep at $69.99. There are cheaper cameras on the market but what makes the Kid Tough digital camera different is that it comes from a trusted company. The kid tough camera is easy to hold on to and looks fairly sturdy. The camera is built to be handled roughly. It takes 4 AA batteries. This camera can supposedly stand up to being dropped, tossed, and other torture young kids might inflict. The Kid Tough digital camera comes in either blue or pink.

Oregon Scientific Barbie Digital Camera - retails for just under $50.00. It also features 640 X 480 or 320 X 240 resolution. The Barbie digital camera has built in memory of 8MB. This digital camera takes two AAA batteries.

Hasbro's VCamNow is a kids video camcorder that is also a webcam and digital camera. It retails for $89 and records video at 10 frames per second. Full motion video is 30 frames per second so don't expect video to be fluid. VCamNow will also plug directly into the television. The 1.3 megapixel digital camera features a 4X digital zoom and 32 MB internal memory. VCamNow comes with an expandable SD media card slot. It runs on two AA batteries and is designed for kids age 8 and up.